Adriana took a deep breath and rounded the corner to the courtyard. She froze; Chuck was standing there with two other people—a blonde girl and a very macho-looking man. After ogling the man for a brief second, she shook her head and walked toward them.
"Chuck?"
Chuck glanced over at her, staring at her blankly for a minute before his eyes widened.
"Addie?!"
She grinned, throwing her arms around him. He spun her around, and she laughed.
"What are you doing here?" He asked as he let her go.
"Uh, well, Derek and I broke up like six months ago, so there was nothing keeping me in Chicago anymore, and it's really better for me to be close to HQ, anyway. So I'm moving back."
"That's great! I mean, not the breakup part," he corrected himself, "that really sucks. But it's great to see you again! We really missed having you around."
"I really missed you guys, too."
"Who's your friend, Chuck?" the blonde girl asked.
"Oh, this is my cousin, Adriana," he grinned. "Addie, this is—"
"Agent Sarah Walker. CIA. Potential threat: deadly. Functional threat: not applicable."
Her three companions stared at her as she spoke monotonously, staring at Sarah with a blank expression.
"Uhh, yeahh…." Chuck stared at her quizzically. "And this is—"
"Major John Casey. NSA. Potential threat: extremely deadly. Functional threat: not applicable."
She blinked, and seemed to snap out of a trance. Her eyes flicked over Casey, and she smiled.
"Addie, how do you know all that?" Chuck asked tensely.
Her eyes narrowed teasingly as they shifted to him.
"I know everything."
"E-everything? Everything about w-what?"
"Everything!" she giggled.
Her gaze flicked back to Casey, who was regarding her curiously.
"What?" she asked, tilting her head.
"You look familiar."
She narrowed her eyes thoughtfully. She perked up after about 30 seconds.
"Weap-Con! I go every year, and I know I've seen you there."
Casey's eyebrows shot up.
"You go to Weap-Con?"
"Yeah, I love it," she grinned. "They always have neat—"
She cut off as a scream sounded in the distance. She took off at a sprint.
"H-hey!" Chuck called after her. He ran after her, Casey and Sarah close behind.
A gunshot rang out, and Chuck froze before taking off at a dead run. When they found her, she was crouched down, talking to a teenage girl on the ground. There was a man beside them, laying on the ground clutching his knee as blood gushed from it. The sun glinted off of something silver in Adriana's hand—a gun.
"Addie!"
She looked up, smiling calmly—a stark contrast to her cousin, who was visibly freaking out.
"What—you—how—what—"
"Calm down, Chucky," she sighed, standing. "It's all good."
"Did you shoot him?!"
"Yeah, of course."
Chuck just stared at her.
A cop car pulled up—evidently someone had heard the gunshot—and she helped the girl up off the ground.
Half an hour and a police statement later, the four of them were on their way back to the apartment complex.
"You could've been hurt, you know," Chuck admonished her.
"Oh, please," she rolled her eyes. "I'm more than capable of handling myself."
"But, Addie—"
"I'm fine, Chuck."
"But—"
She growled, glaring at him, and he snapped his mouth shut. Casey chuckled. Chuck glared at him. When Casey shot him a glare of his own, however, he backed down with a docile, frightened expression.
Well...I feel like my first chapter was kind of awkward...as my first chapters usually are *sigh* Of course, I just started this story like 2 days ago, so I'll smooth it out some. The other chapters get better! Please review/PM and keep reading! I love you all! :D